On Thursday November 12, the Afrikan Student Union (ASU) at UCLA organized a walkout and rally to express solidarity with students at Missouri University whose President resigned in the face of protest and strikes for not sufficiently responding to anti-Black terror on Mizzou’s campus. Students walked out of their classes at 12:45pm, and the rally…
By: Cindy Toledo and Ayman Ahmed On Thursday, November 12th, as UCLA students stood in solidarity with the Afrikan students of The University of Missouri, UCLA students themselves were faced with discriminatory posters and images aimed at Muslim students and student groups on campus. These signs specifically targeted Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP)…
Spoken word artists Remi Kanazi and Sy Stokes and UCLA students shared the stage for Students For Justice in Palestine’s spoken word event “Oppressed but not Silenced.” On November 4th, a crowd of approximately fifty students gathered in Haines Hall to listen to the diverse performances navigate between themes of privilege, normalization and oppression. Sy…
On Wednesday night, October 28, the Mother Org Coalition at UCLA, composed of the Afrikan Student Union, American Indian Student Association, Asian Pacific Coalition, MEChA de UCLA, Muslim Student Association, Pacific Islands’ Student Association, Queer Alliance, Samahang Pilipino and Vietnamese Student Union, held an event to discuss the meaning of cultural appropriation and its role…
Statement of Support 10/22/15 We, the American Indian Student Association, Asian Pacific Coalition, MEChA de UCLA, Muslim Student Association, Pacific Islands’ Student Association, Queer Alliance, Samahang Pilipino, and Vietnamese Student Union at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), are part of the Mother Organization coalition, a coalition of student organizations at UCLA created in response to the low numbers…
Every time we log onto social media, more often than not we see that Muslims are the problem. It is dismaying, but we cannot remain passive. God Almighty placed us all on this Earth with a mission to spread peace and worship Him, and we will fail that mission if we continue to live apathetically…
Al-Talib Newsmagazine endorses Aaliya Khan in this year’s USAC elections. We believe her leadership experience in student organizations and USAC, as well as her platforms, make her the strongest candidate running for Gen Rep. Aaliya co-founded Chai Talks, a series of events that establish a safe space to discuss social justice issues impacting the South…
On Tuesday April 21st, students filed into Ackerman Grand Ballroom for the free screening of American Sniper hosted by the Campus Events Commission (CEC). Yet even before the lights were dimmed one could feel the sense of silent anticipation and the indescribable tension of waiting rooms. A CEC staff member handed out papers with discussion questions,…
By Victoria Rhee Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the number one killer of student athletes and the number two killer of young adults under the age of twenty-five. It strikes without warning; death is often the first and only symptom. As the newly founded UCLA chapter of the Saving Hearts Foundation (SHF), our mission…
